According to the Association of British Insurers (ABI), approximately 122,000 fraudulent claims were detected by insurers during 2009, worth a record £840 million. This represents a 14% rise on 2008.
The rise is likely to be due to a number of factors, in particular insurers becoming increasingly sophisticated at detecting fraud and an increase in [...]
It has been reported in the national press of the Coalition Government’s plans to look at compulsory insurance to fund nursing care.
Pensioners would be expected to pay £20,000 on retirement or on death to guarantee their nursing care. In theory such a scheme would potentially mean thousands could have to sell their homes to [...]
Recently one of our clients was concerned that he had been left high and dry after flood damage due to the recent thunderstorms.
His situation was that flooding had occurred to the communal entrance of the private block of flats where they lived. The management company claims service charges increased due to an insurance claim for the [...]
In a recent conveyancing transaction it was identified the driveway of a house for a purchase appeared not to belong to the vendors. The client was concerned that this land could be common land and one day the purchaser may have to pay a large sum to gain access to the property over the driveway.
Our [...]
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